The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-29 00:00:00

AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York on the 17th inst., has arrived here. She brings 144 passengers for this port, Hamburg, and Havre, 33 sacks of mails for London, and 10 for France. She does not bring any specie. Her news has been anticipated by the Belgian and City of Washington. No events of importance are reported from the Army of the Potomac. Some heavy artillery firing had occurred in front of the 9th Corps, but the re sults were unimportant. Reinforcements were arriving at City Point in large squads, and although many regiments were leaving (their terms of service having expired) the strength of the army was being materially increased. Deserters report that the Confederates were making great exertions to in crease the force under Lee; reinforcements were coming in from several quarters, and a rigid con scription was beingenforced, Although the reports that Lee is about to make a general assault on Grant's position are hardly sustained by recent de velopments, it nevertheless is generally admitted that the opposing hosts are being prepared for a terrible struggle, which cannot be long deferred, and which it is believed will prove the decisive battle of the war. General Grant is said to have passed through Baltimore en route for "Washington yesterday. The Richmond Examiner thinks that the Federal authorities will make a tremendous effort to secure a military success in Virginia before the presidents tial election in November. No change has occurred in the military situation in the Shenandoah Valley since the Bth inst. Early still holds a strongly entrenched position at Win. cheater, though it is believed that a portion of his army has been sent to Lee. Averill, with a large force of Federal cavalry, has reoccupied Martins burg. On the morning of the 7th inst. General Sheridan sent Getty's division of the 6th Corps and two brim gades of cavalry to Opequan Creek to develop Early's strength. Four Confederate divisions were discovered on the west bank of the creek, and another division (Renshaw's), holding a detached position, was charged upon by the Federal cavalry, and the Bth South Carolina Regiment, numbering 16 officers and 145 men, was captured. The pais Boners were found to be well clothed and equipped. They represent Early's commissariat to be in excellent condition. The object of the reconnais sance having been accomplished, the Federal forces returned to the main army, having sustained but slight loss. southern journals furnish the latest intelligence received by the public from the seat of war in Georgia. General Hood announces that Wheeler had destroyed the bridges on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway and 50 miles of the Tennessee and Alabama road. He also claims that Wheeler has been successful in every engagement, and that his force had not been routed, as was reported, by Rosseau, The Confederate pickets extended six miles north of Jonesboro' on the 10th inst, The railroad between Jonesboro, and East Point had been thoroughly destroyed by the Federals. Hood's troops are reported to be in good spirits, and to be in daily expectation of the arrival of rein. forcements, under Polignac, from Kirby Smith. General Sherman had issued an order requiring all white citizens of Atlanta, male and female, to leave the city and proceed with their movable pro perty North or South. To those taking the oath of allegiance, transportation would be furnished as far North as Chattanooga, and to those refusing the oath transportation South would be furnished as far as Rough and Ready. Sherman sent a fig of truce to Hood communi cating this order, and requesting an armistice of ten days to enable the citizens wishing to go South to do so in safety. General Hood assented to the ar mistice, but denounced the measure as barbarous. In a letter to General Sherman, on the 9kb, he says : "Permit me to say that the unprecedented measure you propose transcends in studied and iniquitous cruelty all acts ever brought to my attention in the dark history of this war. In the name of God and of humanity, I protest against it, believing that you are expelling from their homes and firesides the wives and children of a brave people." General Hood writes to Major Calhoun of Macon —" I shall do all in my power to mitigate the ter rible hardships and misery that must be brought upon yeti!' peop!e by the extraordinary order of the Federal commander." General Shermaa's letter to Hood has not been published. The Richmond journals denounce Sherman in very severe terms. The Sentinel calls him " the chief among savages and the foremost villain of the world." Richmond papers report a heavy b . )mbardment of Charleston and Fort Sumter on the 11th, but no casualties. Six hundred Federal prisoners were quartered in that part of the city most visittd by the Federal shells ; and General Foster, in retaliation, had placed a like number of Confederates under the Confederate fire on Morris Island. Confederate accounts claim that Morgan's force was not routed, as was reported by General Gillem, and that they were not even engaged, General Morgan having been surprised while away from his command. Colonel Basil Duke is appointed Mor gan's successor. General Smith had ordered all negroes in his department to be enrolled for such service in the aimy as the Confederate Congress authorises. It is reported that four of Farragut's vessels have succeeded in getting over the obstructions on the Dog River Bar, and reaching a position from whence they can throw shell into the city of Mobile. The Confederates still had in front of the city three ironclad rams—the Tuscaloosa, the Ala bama, and the National—besides one gunboat, the Morgan. These vessels make no demonstration, but are known to be fully manned. Granger's po sition at Cedar Point has been strongly entrenched, and will be held as a base for future operations against the city, although it is believed that no attack will be made at present. It is even inti mated that Farragut is about to withdraw his fleet to participate in a meditated attack upon Wil mington, N.C. Gen. Richard Taylor had assumed command of the Confederate forces in Alabama. Louisiana advices report Shelley with a largo force advancing into South-eastern Missouri, and that the Federal forces under Gen. A. J. Smith had been sent to oppose him. Price (recently killed by the newspapers) is advancing into Western Missouri to attack Springfield, with 5,000 cavalry. Kirby Smith has assigned Magruder to the command of Arkansas, Buckner to Louisiana, and Walker. to Texas and Arizona. Secretary Stanton has ordered the draft to take place in all districts whose quotas remain unfilled on the 19th of September. He also transmits copies of letters received from Generals Grant and Sherman in favour of an immediate enforcement of the conscription. Gen. Grant's letter states that the Confederates profess to believe that there is a party in the North in favour of recognising South ern independence, and that the draft cannot be enforced. Gen. Grant writes that in this they must be undeceived. His letter concludes—" The en. forcement of the draft and the prompt filling up of our armies will save bloodshed to an immense degree." Sherman's letter expresses satisfaction that the draft is to be enforced, because the men are needed, and because—" The enforcement of the law will manifest a resident power in the Government, v illeb, though a democracy, should in times of trouble and d anger be able to wield the power of a great nation." Secretary Seward, in an address to the " Lincoln Association of 'Washington," recently said;.--" The Demotracy'e.t, Ch icago, warf after wa i t i ng s i x weeks to see whether t h e fail, finally couel udea r the U n i on is to succeed or therefore they we nt in that it would f a il ; an d form to make the fact a f s r a nomination and plat ure thing a cessation o f hostilities and an abando nment of by the contest." LivEr.pooL, Sept. 28. The Canadian steamer Belgian arrived here this morning, with Canadian journals of the 1 7th, and American of the 16th inet, A synopsis of her news, received vi- Greencastle, has already been published, but we append addi tional details. The ex-Confederate cruiser Georgia, which was captured by the Federal steamer Niagara off Lis bon, had put into Fort Monroe harbour somewhat disabled. The nomination of Governor Seymour, of New York, for re-election was made by acclamation, notwithstanding that it was understood the governor did not wish to stand again. The following are the latest despatches from Grant's army : Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Sept. 13. Picket and artillery firing has been kept up very brisk since Saturday, the fire of the rebels not seeming to have cooled yet. Yesterday a large mortar threw a number Of shells into Petersburg. Deserters report that Lee announced on Saturday that he would give the Yankees 14 days to get away. They represent that they have been living on short rations of poor quality. The New York World's special correspondent, dating from Grant's headquarters on the 15th, says : Thers is every reason to believe that the rebels have in contemplation and are already preparing for the evacuation of Petersburg, and retiring their armies within the defences of Richmond. This may account for the protracted quiet in our front since their failure to regain the position of the Weldon Railway recently captured by us, There has been considerable firing along a portion of the line to-day, but without resalts of any moment on either side. The wea ther is uncomfortably cool, There is a large number of ague and fever patients in the hospitals, but the disease yields readily to medical treatment. Intelligence from Fort Monroe of the 15th says that the Federal batteries opened on the enemy on Wednesday, and there has been heavy firing all day to silence the fire of the rebels, who have been fur some days annoying the Federal lines, particularly on the left. A Federal captain, who left Libly Prison, Rich. mond, Sept. 12, informs the Washington correspon.. dent of the New York limes that there are 230 Federal.officers imprisoned in Richmond, and 4,500 men. The officers are in Libly and the men all at Belle Isle. The New York Herald's correspondent with Grant's army says that a party stole out a few nights since, and set fire to the signal station cap tured from the Federals recently, and it was burnt to the ground. It is not worth fighting for, and is now out of the way of contention. The divisions of the 9th Corps have been renum bered. The 3i, commanded by Gen. Wilcox, is now the let; the 2d, commanded by Gen. Potter, re tains its number; the 4th, composed entirely of coloured troops, and commanded by Gen. Terreo, will in future be known as the 3d. The Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser telegraphs as follows on the 16th inst. : No army news has been received by the Government to day, and rumours to the contrary are false. The statement that Farragut's fleet has approached Mobile in line of battle is not believed at the Navy Department, He does not in tend to attack Mobile. Secretary Welles does not approve of the policy of capturing Mobile for the present, the forces being needed elsewhere. The Richmond Sentinel of the 12th has the fol lowing ;--• MACON, Sept. 9.—The prisoners captured yesterday say that Sherman will reinforce Grant to take Richmond and finish the rebellion. They state that part of his army will go out of service this month. The enemy are closely massed about Atlanta. There is not the slightest prospect of an early resumption of hostilities. The Sentinel of the same date has an article on Sherman's depopulation of Atlanta, calling it an event unparalleled in the American war, and with out an example in modern times. " Sherman," it says, " has given the war a new feature. Stern as it has been, it is henceforth to be more stern ; and, terrible as it has been, it is henceforth to be more so. The people are ready, if the President wants us, Let him call for us—no matter about age. Now, if this be the kind of warfare we dare to resist, we will strip to fight; better for halting age or lisping inncc:nee to die in defence of their homes than to be driven out in herds to languish in exile. The last man and the last boy among us must take his musket sooner than endure such outrages as at Atlanta." General Foster had ordered a draft of all able bodied coloured citizens in bib department in North Carolina. The election i❑ Louisiana had gone favourably for the Union ticket. The blockade runner Elsie had been captured by the steamer Keystone State, and sent into Bean fort. The prize steamer Vance had arrived at New York. The New York papers of the 15:h contain the following official despatches of General Grant and General Sherman in respect to the draft : City Point, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. llon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. We ought to have the whole number of men called for by the President in the shortest possible time. Prompt action in filling our armies will have more effect upon the enemy than a victory over them. They profess to believe, and make their men believe, there is such a party North in favour of recognising Southern independence that the draft cannot be enforced. Let them be undeceived. Deserters come into our lines daily, who tell us that the men are nearly universally tired of the war, and that desertion would be much more frequent but they believe peace win be negotiated after the fall election. The enforcement of the draft and prompt filling up of our armies will save the shedding of blood to an immense degree. U. S. GRSNT, Lieutenant-General. Atlanta, Georgia, Sept, 13. llon. E. M. Stanton,—l am very glad to hear the draft will be enforced. First, we need the men ; second, they come as privates to fill up our eld and tried regiments with their experienced officers already on hand ; and, third, because the enforcement of the law will manifest a power resident in our Government equal to the occasion. Our Government, though a democracy, should in time of trouble and danger be able to wield the power of a great nation. All well. W. P. SHER3IAN, Major-General. The following has been issued by Mr. Stanton : The draft is ordered to commence in all the States and districts where the quota is not filled by volunteers onMon day, the 13th, and will go on till completed. Volunteers and substitutes will be received and credited to as late a period as possible. Volunteering is still progressing with vigour in most of the States. No reports of active opera tions have been received from other commands. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The following is a summary of Sherman's letter to Hood in respect to the evacuation of Atlanta:— All citizens aro required to leave Atlanta, and proceed either South or North. The Government will furnish trans- portation south as far as Rough and Ready, and north as far as Chattanooga. All citizens may take moveable pro- perty with them ; transportation will be furnished for all moveables. Negroes whoa ish may go with their masters ; the other male negroes will co put in the employ of the United States G3vernment. Negro women and children will be sent out of the lines. The cotton crops are said to be almost a failure in Louisiana from the ravages of the worm, which has made its appearance as high up as Vicksburg. It is reported that a plan has been submitted to the President and Secretary of War for establishing two camps of instruction for coloured soldie!s, who shall be duly instructed by experienced and competent officers before being put into the field, This proposition meets with much favour from both regular and volunteer army officers, as it is thought by thus collecting this force a reserve could alway s be depended upon for garrison and other duties. The Richmond journals contain reports of a very destructive fire in Manchester, Virginia. Gilmore's large warehouse was burnt with 1,370 hhds. of tobacco, belonging to Jelin Gilmore and Co., and 234 hhds. belonging to the Confederate States. The Messrs. Grey's warehouse was also destroyed, with other valuable property. Total loss, 4,100,000 doll. The Steamer Sacrament sailed from San Fran cisco for Panama on the 13th with 825,324 dole. in gold. CANADA. It is said that L",rd Lyons, tho British Ambssi sador at liraAinglon, will shortly pay another visit to Canada. Mr. GJId win Smith, professor of modern history at Oxford, was on a tour throughout the provinces. Tho remainder of the Scots Fusilier Guards had arrived at Quebec from Montreal, and immediately embarked on board her Majesty's troopsship Urgent, which sailed the same evening. The Quebec Daily News says : It appears, from accounts received here, that destitution threatens the inhabitants of the Labrador coast this winter. Efforts aro being made to induce the Government to des- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING S SEPTEMBER 29, 1864 patch one of the provincial steamers with a supply of pro visions, to be dispensed during the winter as the necessities of the people require. Private individuals are making collections and sending donations of flour, &c. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Sept. 28. MARLBOROUGH-STREET , —Mr M. C. Rogers, dentist, 15, New Burlington-street, appeared before Mr Tyrwhitt to answer a summons taken out by Mr Talley, solicitor, of Deaconfield, Buckinghamshire, on behalf of the Council of Medical Education and Registration, for wil fully and falsely taking and using the name of " surgeon," implying thereby that ho was registered under tho Medical Act, Mr Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, appeared on behalf of Mr Rogers. Before the case was gone into MrTyrwhitt inquired if Mr Bearnard, chiropodist, of No. 39, Regent-street, was present. Mr Lewis, jun., replied that ho was in court. Mr Tyr whitt said he gave his opinion on the case of Mr Bearnard last week, and he then thought that Mr Bear nard was liable to a penalty, and granted a case for the superior courts. Since that time he had found a case which might or might not materially bear on Mr Bearnard's case. He felt, however, that there was so much doubt about the matter that he should not enforce the penalty of £2O until compelled to do so by mandamus. His own opinion was against Mr Bernard. Mr Lewis, jun., said, on looking over the law, he found that it was in a very unsatisfactory state. In the reported case referred to there appeared to be a want of evidence, as there had been in Mr Bearnard's case. Mr Tyrwhitt said he would not adviso Mr Bearnard to alter his plate, and he would recommend Mi. Talley to take some advice, and also to consult the council. If Mr Talley chose to take proceedings against Mr Bearnard on some future occasion he would then grant a case. Mr Lewis said he believed that Mr Talley would admit that Mr Bearnard did not in any way practise as a sur geon. He considered if Mr. Talley was well advised that he would not take any further steps in the matter. Ho saw Mr Bowen May in court, and if that gentleman, who formerly represented the Medicil Council, would give Mr Talley proper advice, there would be an end of the pro ceedings. _ Mr Talley replied that he did not want the advice of any one. Mr Bowen May, as milieus curia, would state that he formerly acted for the Medical Council, and had always felt great difficulty in such cases, as he was unable to prove that persons calling themselves doctor: acted as doctors. The summons against Mr Rogers was then called on. Mr Talley said he had given notice that he had with• drawn the summons against Mr Rogers. . _ _ Mr Lewis, junior, said, as Mr Rogers had been charged in the summons with " falsely" pretending to be a surgeon, it was of the utmost importance to that gentleman, as it was known in his neighbourhood that he had been summoned, to have an opportunity of stating that ho had a diploma as a duly qualified surgeon. Ho had in his hands other certifi cates to prove that Mr Rogers had passed the hospitals in Paris as a qualified surgeon. The Medical Council had ignored these proceedings against Mr Rogers, stating that they were not taken by their advice nor at their expense. Under these circumstances it was but fair that Mr Rogers should be put to no expense in attending the court, and as Mr Talley had been ordered to pay costs at the Marylebono Police-court. he hoped the magistrate would direct Mr Talley to pay Mr Rogers's costs. He might further state that the reason why Mr Rogers was not on the register was that ho only practised as a dentist, and not as a surgeon, though a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr Tyrwhitt said it was perfectly clear that Mr Talley ought to have ascertained whether Mr Rogers was a surgeon and had a diploma before taking proceedings. After seeing Mr Rogers's diploma, it was impossible to doubt that he was a surgeon, and he should therefore order Mr fancy to pay costs. To summon Mr Rogers wai really too bad. The next summons was against Dr Kahn, of Tichborne street, for wilfully and falsely taking and using the name and title of physician, implying that ho was registered under the Medical Act. Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlberough-street, appeared for the defendant, and stated that the summons had never been served on Dr Kahn, who had been abeent from Eng land for some time. He must complain of the course taken by Mr Talley in applying for summonses apainst proles• sional men without sufficient grounds for legal proceedings. Mr Talley did not represent the Medical Council, as he pre tended, but had made himself the champion of the medical profession from motives that he could not define. If Mr Talley was only acting as a solicitor in these cases, he should be glad to give the name of his client, in order that parties who wore compelled to appear in a court of justice on vexa tious pleas under a stringent Act of Parliament might know against whom would lia their remedy. Mr Talley had asserted in the sutnmons that Dr Kahn had even practised as a physician, whereas he would show that Dr. Kahn was duly qualified under Section Aof the Medical Act. Had be been in England he would have been fully prepared to meet the allegation. Mr Talley said he represented the women of England. Mr E. Lewis did not think that most estimable body had a very judicious representative. Evidence having been tendered to prove the non-service of the sumuions,,the case was dismissed. DIARY LE CONE.—Henry Hamilton, alias Dr Henry Scott, was summoned for a breach of the Medical Act, in having issued advertisements offering to treat the complaints of females, and describing himself as a doctor, when, in truth, he was not a physician. Mr Sleigh, who appeared for the defence, said his client was not guilty of the offence imputed to him. Mr Talley, who had taken out the summons, and who was seated at the solicitors' table, said this was one of the most painful cases that ever Joe had the honour to prctie_nt before a magistrate. It was a charge ho had against the defendant for unlawfully; wickedly, and designedly pub lishing in one of the daily papers an advertisement, ad dressed to ladies only, and calling the attention of ladies to it, and he (defendant) represented himself as duly qualified to act as a doctor. Ho said he could act as such, and led people to believe that ho was duly qualified. In the first place he was certain that defendant was no doctor at all. Females who were in a delicate way were lured to him by means of his advertisements, and (holding up his arm, and bringing his fist down with a thump upon the table) all this done by a man who has been convicted at Newgate-- Mr Sleigh—Really, sir, I must call on your worship-- Mr Talley—Sit you down, sir, and I will wring your heart. A tale that will bring tears from you. (Thump on the table.) Mr Sleigh—lt is sadly to be deplored that the valuable time of the court should be taken up by this person. Mr Talley—l am a member of the legal profession of 12 years' standing. Mr Sleigh—l am sorry that you are. Mr Talley—Sir,l do not know you. You may be eminent, but I know you not. lam an honourable member of the profession, and you — Mr Sleigh—Don't address yourself to me. (To the ma gierate)—l wish to come at once to the case and to the matter at issue. Mr Mansfield (to Mr Talley) —Y charge the defendant with a certain offence—let us have the evidence upon it. Mr Talley—l will, sir ; but I must tell you that this man has been convicted, Mr Sleigh—There must be a check to this man's conduct. Mr Talley—Sir I Mr Mansfield—Go on with your evidence. Mr Talley—You must listen to me. I can say that this man has been convicted — Mr Mansfield—Stop, stop; don't talk so. If you can produce evidence about the conviction do so, but do let us get on. Mr Tal:ey (greatly excited)—Sir, I take up a news paper from my breakfast table, and there what do I find ? (Thump on the table.) Why, I find this, that my wife is invited to pay a visit to 15, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. (Defendant read an advertisement, which had been set forth in the summons, and tearing the paper up, explained, " Bah I Horribly disgusted am I that such vipers shculd be allowed to crawl about. Notice has been gi ven — Mr Sleigh—Really, sir, it is to me—and I am certain it must be to you—painful to listen to this person. Mr Talley (thump)—Sir, you shall listen to me. I will not be put down by you. I will not. (Thump on the table), I have yet to produce to your notice the real Dr Scott, whose name this man filches. This is (the right arm raised on high) one of the most painful cases that I over had the honour to appear in. The law enacts, and clearly, too, that there is a penalty for any one calling himself doctor who is not so. (Emphasis.) And, sir, I must ask and de mand of you to commit this man. Ho gives the public to believe that ho is a doctor of medicine. Mr Sleigh—l wish your worship would not allow your time to be wasted in this manner. Mr Talley—l care not who you are — Mr Mansfield—l must atop this. The only thing I have to go into is whether Dr Scott, as you term him, has vio lated the law. Mr Talley here became excited in the extreme, and taking up another newspaper tore it into shreds, exclaiming, am disgusted I" Mr Mansfield (with great warm th)— I do not know who you are or what you are. But this I do know, that you have charged a person with a certain offence. You have made a charge. Produce evidence to substantiate your case if ycu can, Mr Talley— Substantiate my case I I can, sir, with hosts of witnesses. _ _ Mr Mansfield—Will you go on with your case ? I won't have this court of justice made a farce of. Mr Talley—Sir, lam Bellow.. I now find I have ono 01 the most eminent members of the bar opposed to me, (Pointing to Mr Sleigh.) Mr Sleigh--I will not have you refer to me. Mr Talley—Won't you? You must abide it—that tell you, sir. Sir, t do ° n e t know whether you know me, but I can tell yo u I h ave b een i n the profession 12 years, To prove what I assert is correct, I have my certificate here, end ready to be produced. Mr Sleigh—l wish you would not waste the time of the court. It is distressing for me to sit here and listen to you. Mr Talley—Sir, 1 am here as a champion in a just cause, and I defy your powers. Mr Mansfield —I must put a stop to this, and proceed to business. You have preferred a charge that the defendant has done a certain act or deed contrary to the Act of Par liament. You charge him with pretending to be a physician ? Mr Talley—l will, sir, I look to you as a father—as a child should look to its parent. I will call before you evi dence to convince you (thump on the table) of the way in which , the public are imposed upon ; and, sir (throwing a down book he had in his hand), I will show you that this ought to be cauterised from— Mr Sleigh—Oh dear I oh dear I that the time should be wasted like this 1 Mr Talley Wasted I Time wasted, my learned idea Mr Sleigh—l wish you would not address me as your friend. I have no wish to know you. Mr Talley—lt is a grievous matter that they come hero to qualify their crimes. I will call a gentleman whom I have ordered to be here. There has been a great mistake under the Act, and if such mistakes are allowed to go by uncorrected, then the Act might just as well be null and void. The son of the late Baron Nicholson might just as well be in your position on this bench. No, sir, we are not to be put down in this way. Under Lord Campbell's Act— Mr Sleigh—He has had at you, sir ; now he is going to show that the judges are wrong. Mr Mansfield—We had better go on and see if there is any law in which this can be made an offence, Mr Sleigh—That will be the proper course to adopt, and I humbly submit that on the point of law there is no case made out for me to answer. The statute was never passed to meet any such case as this. The learned counsel ad dressed the court, and was quoting cases on behalf of his client, but could not get clearly on through the interruption of Mr Talley. Mr Mansfield—There is no necessity for you to go on any further. Mr Sleigh. The summons must be dismissed. There is no evidence whatever to show that he practises under the title of a physician or doctor of medicine. He (Mr Talley) will have to pay costs. Mr Talley then repacked the books in his enormous trunk, locked it, and paid £2 12s 6d, the costs, got assistance, and vanished with the portmanteau. Cotton Supply Association, At the usual weekly meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from Natal, enclosing a sample of cotton grown from Egyptian seed, planted on the first rising land from the coast, about ten miles from the seaboard, and which was valued at 24d. per lb. The writer, who was engaged for many years in growing cotton in the Southern States, and more recently in Natal, expects shortly to be in England, and offers his services to any parties engaged in cotton cultiva tion, and willing to go out to any country where they could be made available. A letter was received forwarding a sample of cotton from Asia Minor, brought by a gentleman from India, who has paid considerable attention to the growth of cotton, and who is able to give further information respecting the locality from which it was procured. A letter was read from the India-office, containing copies of despatches received from the government of Madras relative to the cultivation of Peruvian cotton in the Kistna and Salem districts of that presidency. Samples of the cotton were also received, and valued at 23d. per lb. It is said to require artificial irri gation when young in every case, and probably also when fully grown, except in a moist climate. It seems peculiarly liable to be attacked by insects, and as the crop is not matured in any one month, but spreads over a great length of time, it is in danger of being spoiled by rain or unfavourable weather. The staple is longer and finer than that of the country cotton. Further experiments are in progress, the result of which will be communicated. A small sample of cotton grown in Mazagan from Sea Island seed was valued at 27d. per lb. Con sular reports were received from the Foreign office on the cultivation of cotton in the districts of Cyprus, Sidon, Caiffa and Acre, Jerusalem, Brussa, Morocco, Pernambuco, and Venezuela. In the Island of Cyprus, 16,460 acres were planted with cotton in 1863, and 22,000 acres in 1864, and the produce, which amounted to 2,200,0001 b in the former, is expected to 3,000,0001 b in the present year, Wages and rentals have risen fully 100 per cent„ but should they return to rates current previous to this season, 6d per lb would be a remunerative price. The cotton has usually gone to Marseilles and Trieste, but now England receives a portion. The weather has been propitious, and the crops promise to be abundant and good. In creased means of irrigation are needed, and larger supplies of American seed would prove highly ad vantageous. In the vicesconsular district of Sidon the area planted with cotton has increased from 1,000 acres in 1863 to 7,000 acres in 1864, and the produce, which amounted from 30,000 to 35,0001 b in the former, is estimated at from 300,0001 b to 350,000ib in the present year. One half of that grown is consumed in the country, and the remain der is exported chiefly to France. Under ordinary circumstances 8d per lb would be remunerative. The present crop owing to late springs is unusually promising. The chief hindrance is the opposition of the Turkish authorities to the enterprise of fo reigners desirous of engaging in agriculture, whilst the natives seem incapable by themselves of intro ducing necessary improvements. lu the districts of Ceiffa and Acre 4,100 acres were planted with cot ton in 1863 and 16,000 in 1864, and the produce, which in the former was 1,190,0001b5, is expected to be this year 4,300,0001b5. Of this 2-3rds are sent to Marseilles, the rest to Smyrna for transhipment, and but little to England. From 3d to 4d per lb would be remunerative in ordinary times. The state of the crops is all that could be desired, except in the narrow maritime plain commencing from the promontory of Carmel, and running ten or fif teen miles south, where the general opinion is that only one-third of the crop will come to maturity. The soil is a rich friable loam, produc ing heavy crops of wheat. It is not probable that there will be increaFel production in future sears if present prices decline. Egyptian seed appears to do well, and if the anticipated results are realised the prejudice prevailing against exotic seed will be removed. The primitive state of agriculture, the local maladministration of government, and the law preventing Europeans from holding landed property are the chief hindrances. In the consular district of Jerusalem little or nothing is doing in cotton cultivation ; the small quantity grown is from in digenous seed, and of an inferior quality. Her Ma jesty's consul at Brussa, in a despatch to Sir 11. Bulvver, states that at Baiukisser the commissioner had built two extensive warehouses, each 300 yards square, for a cotton depot, and inclosed a space of 41,500 square yards for a cotton fair, to be opened on Oct. 15, Licences had been given by the Porte for two establishments at Kirkgagatch for presses and gins to be worked by steam. In the sub-die tricts of Somma and Eirkgagatch, where the cul ture of cotton is habitual, it had been carried so far that about 700 acres were left free for its extension this year. But in the sub-districts of Balukisser and others it had been more than doubled, extend ing over more than 6,000 acres at Balukisser in lien of 2,000 acres last year, giving a surplus product in cotton of about 870 bales of 1701 b. each in that particular locality. The commissioner feels assured that if supplied with 40 tons of New Orleans seed at Panorma by March next, he could get the whole of it planted. Achmet Vefyk Effendi, fully appre ciating the great i m p or t ance o f co tt on cu lt ure , has madeits extension a primary object, and there would be real and vast progress if other function aries of the Porte would, according to their means and influence, devote their energies to the same end and with equal resolution. The vice-consuls at the Moorish ports state there has been a very trifling in crease in the cultivation of cotton iu Morocco. In 186.3 there were about 600 acres sown, in 1864 about 2,500 acres, As there are no European residents in the interior, it is difficult to ascertain the extent of land cultivated in the inland districts, but it is not supposed to exceedreasnat pea r's crop is expected thousand acres. The present to be required for native manufacture. The plant thrives in the districts where it has been sown, and is of good quality. There are vast districts where it could be profitably cultivated. Tho Sultan was induced to prohibit the exportation of cotton from the Moorish ports, with the view of checking the agricultural speculation of Europeans, some of whom had taken possession of lands belonging to the Government without the permission of the local authorities, and even without offering to pay rent, whilst others refused to pay land taxes. The Sultan, though desiring to encourage the cultivation of cotton, could not do so when it gave rise to such encroachments on his sovereign rights. The country has not only a climate and soil peculiarly adapted for the cultivation of cotton, but is favourably situated in being within a voyage of four days by steam from England. In the Tangier district no attempt as yet has been made to grew cotton. The soil and climate are not so favourable as the pro vinces on the western coast. The vice-consul re ports that no cotton has been grown at Laroiche. In the province of Pernambuco the extent of land planted with cotton cannot be well ascertained ; about two tons of exotic seed have been sown this year, and the produce, which was 46,044 bales of 1601 b. each in 1863, is expected to be 120,000 bales this year. The extended growth of cotton has greatly contributed to the prosperity of the pro. vince, and has acted most favourably upon every branch of trade. A large proportion of the value of the raw material is returned to the interior in the form of manufactured articles. New experiments are in progress which, if successful, will greatly in. crease the exports. The return from Caracas states that in certain parts of Venezuela the area planted with cotton had increased from 11,000 acres in 1863 to 35,000 acres in 1864, and that the produce will be threefold more this year than the last. The want of labour is represented to be a great hind rance to extended cultivation. The Government imported in 1863 10,000 lb. of New Orleans seed, which Was distributed and planted; the seed from lastyneaatri'vse or cro Surinamphasb seed. A been used this ci r y e year together was toge re ceived with. ceived from the Foreignsoffice with a summary of Austrian opinions respecting the projected tariff, Applications for seed ,were received from Spain, Jamaica, and China, which concluded the business. The Murder at Chadwell-heath, ILFORD, Wednesday. This afternoon the inquest on the body of Amelia Blunt, who was murdered under circumstances of great atrocity on last Saturday morning, was resumed in the Sessions House adjoining Ilford Gaol, before Mr C. C. Lewis, coroner for the county of Essex. The case appeared to have created a great sensation in the district, and the court room was crowded by persons de sirous of obtaining a view of the prisoner and of hearing the evidence against him, Superintendent Howie had the management of the case for the Commissioner of Police. The prisoner, a large, heavy, morose looking man, was brought up and placed in the dock. He listened with a half contemptuous indifference to all the evidence. James Warren, a labourer, living at Dagenham, said that he was 78 years of age. He knew the deceased since she was a baby. She lived with him for the last 11 weeks as house keeper. She was a widow, about 44 years of age. She had been living with Francis Wane before she came to live with witness. She had lived with Waine about three years. On last Saturday morning witness left his cot tage at Chadwell-heath, about a quarter past ten o'clock to fetch some beer for the deceased while she was washing. He left her in the wash house at the end of the cottage. He returned within half an hour, and when he went in at the front door he called out " Milly, here is your beer, dear—come and have it." She made him no answer. He went in doors, and sat down at the table. He then again called out to her, but hearing no answer he went into the wash house. She was resting with one arm on the copper, and the other on a sieve. He went up to her and said " Milly, why don't you give me an answer," but she gave him none. He put his hands round her to lift her up, and ho found his hands wet with blood. He said, " Oh, Milly, Milly, what have you done ?" but she made no answer. Ho lifted her up, but she fell, and so did he, she being heavy and he being weak. He got up and looked at her, and saw that she was a dead woman. He ran out and told Mr. Archer, and he then ran across the common to make an alarm, and he met his granddaughter, who said, " What have you done with your hands ?" They were smothered with blood. Several persons, and the police-constables were at once on the spat Witness knew the prisoner all his life, and be knew the mother that bore him before she was married. Seven or eight weeks ago witness was at the White Horse public- house, and he saw the prisoner there. Deceased was there also, and she sat by the side of witness in the tap room. Coroner—What conversation passed ? Witness—The prisoner said, "hilly, I own myself in fault, and if you go with me out of doors I will toll you where you will find those clothes and things that I took away from you," Ho said, " I own myself in fault tor breaking up your home."' Ho asked her to go out of doors along with him, but she said to witness, "I am afraid to go." She did go, however, but only went as far as the taproom window. She returned in a minute and sat down. He came in and sat down by the side of her and said," Milly, is there a chance for you and me to come together again ?" She said, " No, there never will, Toddy." He was usually called Toddy. She said to him, "You had your chance to make mo your wife if 3 ou had used me well; but you broke my home up, and now I will have no more to do with you," He replied, " Milly, you will have to die," to which she said, "Toddy, if I die you will have to die too." She jumped up and went home, and witness went home also. Witness heard him make no statement since, nor did he see him on the pre mises. Witness had a son John, aged 49. An intimacy had sprung up between him and deceased, and the banns were published at Dagenham Church on Sunday week. Coroner (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the witness any question ? Prisoner (sullenly)—l do not want to ask him any ques tion. Francis Archer, the wife of a labourer living on C hadwell heath, said that on Saturday morning she was at a short distance from Warren's house when her children came running to her and said, " Oh, come down; Mr Warren has come, and something has happened at his house." She ran in the direction of the place and met Warren, who told her that Milly was dead, She went into the little bakehouse or washhouso at the end of the cottage and saw deceased lying in a pool of blood, and quite dead. Witness knew prisoner ever since he was a boy. Deceased lived with him for three or four years. The prisoner said he did not want to ask any questions of the witness. Mr C. Fitch, landlord of the White Horse, Chadwell•• heath, said that he knew the deceased for three years. She was in the habit of charing at his house for three months — ever since she had been with old Mr Warren. The prisoner was in the habit of coming to the White Horse frequently, and he used to be there with the deceased. :Since deceased had been living with Warren witness had several times heard the prisoner and her quarrel. On two or three occa sions she got up and left the room when he came in. Wit ness several times heard the prisoner threaten to kill her. He said that so often that he ceased to take particular notice of it. The prisoner threatened her 12 months ago. Coroner—Did you hear him threaten her recently? Witness—He said he would cut her throat about a month or six weeks ago ; but he was then the worse for liquor. Coroner—l did not ask you that. If a man says such a thing when drunk, he is responsible for it when sober. Did he make any other threat ? Witness—When she was living with the prisoner the latter had threatened to knock her brains out. A fortnight ago I forbid the prisoner my house for making use of bad language and falling out with old Mr Warren about this woman. I was in the bar and heard him swearing at Mr Warren in the parlour. I went in and said, " Waine, you are like a dog in the manger ; you won't live with the woman yourself, and you won't let her live quiet with any one else." He swore at me, and said he would punch my head. I told him to quit the house, and he did so. Coroner—Did you see him since? Witness—On Saturday morning, about 5 minutes to 10. I saw him coming by Mr Moss's mills, about 400 yards from Warren's cottage, and he appeared to be going from Chadwell-heath towards his brother's house. His brother's house is a quarter of a mile from the cottage. I did not speak to him nor ho to me. I heard of the murder about 10 minutes to eleven o'clock. My wife told me poor old Milly bad dropped down dead. I went to the cottage and saw her lying on her left side in a pool of blood. There was a great wound on the side of her neck. and I said, " Bless me, she has been murdered." I sent for a police constable. Coroner (to prisoner)—Do you want to ask the witness any questions ? Prisoner—l do not. He can say more if he likes. He has been telling a parcel of lies, and he can tell more of them. Dr Robert A. Bamers said that on Saturday morning ho was called to the deceased about half-past 11 o'clock. She was dead, but was still warm. He examined her and found three severe wounds on the side of the neck. They were so deep that with the finger the vertebra of the neck could be touched. Such wounds could not have been inflicted by her• self. The wounds were from the right to the left, one was from the centre of the throat to the right side behind the ear; another of them ran in an oblique direction towards the shoulder, the third seemed to have been a stab more than a cut. There was also a wound on the knuckle of the left thumb. All the organs of the body were healthy. The immediate cause of death was loss of blood from the severance of the blood vessels of tbo neck. The knife produced would most decidedly have caused such wounds. The knife in question had a sharp blade about six inches long, and was such as are usually used to kill pigs. Hair was found adhering to the handle. After some further evidence, which was occasionally con• tradicted ny the prisoner, The Coroner asked him if he had anything to say. The prisoner shook his head. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Francis Woine." The Coroner then issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner on the capital charge. THE MIDDLESBRO' STRIKE.—We are happy to say that the Middlesbro' turn-out is now at an end. The person whose conduct so deeply offended the workmen has resigned his situation, thus removing the matter in dispute. There is, therefore, every reason to expect that the men will at once resume work. Tho charge against the ten men found guilty of desertion has been withdrawn,—Leeds Mercury, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The political prospect in America is confused and shifting in the extreme, but if we may assume that the Presidential contest will be go. verned, even at the eleventh hour, by the events of the war, we may conclude with almost equal pro bability that these events must be looked for exclua sively in Virginia. General Sherma n ' s success in Georgia is already exhibiting that barrenness of re sults which is characteristic of Federal victories, and he has himself announced that for the present he contemplates no further operations. It is impro bable that Admiral Farragut has resigned himself to a similar inaction, but the mere occupation of the town of Mobile, even if it should be achieved, will not exert the requisite influence on the popular mind. In the Shenandoah Valley two armies, which for magnitude and efficiency might almost be matched with those of Georgia and Virginia, after confronting each other for a while, have just met in a conflict in which the Federals claim the victory. But it is from Petersburg, if from any quarter, that decisive intelligence may be antici pated. The partial success or confirmed failure of Gen. Grant's operations would act with immediate effect on the temper of the North, and the expecta. Lions of the Federals are heightened by the report that a great battle in those parts is actually immi nent. Recent information has revealed, with more clearness than formerly, the purpose of Gen. Grant in his late proceedings. After a fortnight of pro found inaction, he suddenly massed a heavy force on his extreme left and threw it across the Weldon Railroad, a few miles south of Petersburg. There he immediately intrenched himself, and though he has suffered some reverses and lost a certain portion of ground, he has never been dislodged from the position, or compelled to quit his hold on the line. With this exploit he hae been apparently content, as if the possession of the reilroad on this point would sooner or later compel his adversary to come out of his intrenchments and venture an attack under certain disadvantages. The manoeuvre, in fact, somewhat resembled that of Sherman's at Atlanta, though it has not yet been productive of similar results. Sher man, by occupying the railroad between Atlanta and Macon, cut off the supplies on which the gar rison of Atlanta depended, and compelled General Hood to sally out with his whole force in the hope of dislodging him. But this hope was vain— Sherman held his ground against ail attack—and while Hood was thus expending his strength, a Federal corps, left in observation before Atlanta, marched in and occupied the empty city. At Peters burg none of these consequences have hitherto fol lowed. The supplies of the garrison have not been in. tercepted, and after t he lapse of nearly a month, the " military " situation remained substantially un. changed. The important point to be now ascertained is the force of the stress which is thus put upon Petersburg and Richmond, for on this would depend the tactics of the Confederate commander. The railroad running due north from Weldon through Petersburg to Richmond is not the only line by which these towns can b 3 supplied. The Danville line enters them from the west, and itis also obvious to suppose that the rich crops of the Shenandoah Valley protected by the Confederate force under General Early would find their way down from the North. Still, the Weldon line is a most important one, for it connects Richmond and Petersburg with Wilmington and Charleston, and thus enables General Lee to draw munitions from those ports for the use of his army. At present this resource is not indeed lost, for the Weldon line is still open to the station at Stony Creek, about 20 miles south of Petersburg, and from that point supplies are brought up to the town under strong escorts of Confederate cavalry. Nevertheless, the inconve nience must bo considerable, and though the Northern people seem to attach singularly little importance to Grant's position, there are not want.. ing indications of a different opinion on the part of General Lee. Not a word was said at Chicago or New York about the occupation of the Weldon line as constituting or prognosticating a Federal suc cess, and Grant's name was left almost without mention in electioneering speeches, But Lee has twice attacked the Federate with his usual vigour, though less than his usual success, and it seems to be anticipated that he will take the initiative once more. In this case Grant's strategy would certainly have been in some degree successful, but there are circumstances which require attention before the po sitions of the two armies can be properly appreci ated. Grant's army is strongly entrenched on the Weldon line. No sooner had the Federate seized the position than, as described by an observer on the spot, they "worked like beavers" to protect themselves against attack, and they have since bad a month's time to strengthen these defences. If, then, Gen. Lee becomes the assailant, he may run the risk of fighting under those disadvantages which have so often proved fatal in the campaigns of this war. " Whoever attacks," said Sherman, at Atlanta, " is beaten." But it is not absolutely necessary that Lee should attack in this fashion. Grant in wheel- ing round Petersburg has described about a third of a circle's circumference, from a point in the north east to a point due south. But the north-eastern point is one of great importance to him, for it is on the James River, by which supplies reach him easily, and across which by means ( f pontoons he can at any time throw his whole army and menace Rich mond instead of Petersburg. It was at this point that the right of his army was stationed, a con siderable force being also encamped on the northern side of the river, but his left, under these circum• stances, did not rea3h within five or six miles of the Weldon Railroad. For the sake of occupying this railroad, he massed his army, as we have said, on his left—that is to say, he withdrew the troops from the north side of the James, and then pushed his left, thus heavily reinforced, on to the Weldon line. He did not, however, withdraw his right from City Point, and therefore, by extending his left so far, he proportionately lengthened his whole line insomuch that his army, which was formerly stretched over a position of 12 miles in length, now covers a line of 18 miles. That such an extension could have been effected without weakening the line at some point or other is hardly to be supposed, and the oppor tunity would not be lost on so able a commander as General Lee. It is obvious that he may leave Grant's intrenchments untouched, and content himself with pierciog the Federal line at some point between its two extremities. If such an attack were successfully executed, Grant would find him self with his army cut in two, and his communicae tion with the James River intercepted. Perhaps, also, the notorious straits of the Federial armies at this moment may induce General Lee to turn the occasion to advantage. Sherman and Grant make no secret of their losses or of the urgency of their needs, and the draught, it seems, is to be enforced in pursuance of their reiterated demands. The latest advices, too, represent Sherman as on the move to reinforce Graat. The Confederate commander may prefer, therefore, to attack his adversary before he is reinforced, and to profit by the weakness which has been openly confessed. Other wise it was appal rently his best policy to leave Grant unmolested, and to allow him to retreat at his own time with the discredit of failure when the visitations of the season rendered his position untenable. If Grant has now compelled his antagonist to move, it is his first success in the campaign, and the only wonder is why he did not try the experiment, as he might have done, before he had wasted an army in efforts which were hopeless. What events may be now impending it is impossible to predict, but it is at this point that the interest of the war is concen trated for the present. Post —We notice with regret the reappearance in the columns of the local journals of those out rages upon the persons and property of others which are usually headed " desperate poach ing affrays." That the preservation of game, espe cially upon a very extensive scale, has its draw backs as well as its advantages no one will deny who is really conversant with all the ins and outs of a confessedly difficult problem; But the real evils of high preserving lie in a very different direction from those which form the stockain-trade of a certain class of sentimentalists, who are not without their mouthpieces even in the Legislature, As between tenant and landlord, there is often a good deal of real hardship inflicted, for the most unintentionally, in getting up a " good head of game." Where lands are avowedly let at a " game rent" there is, of course, no ground for complaint. Where they are not, the matter frequently resolves itself into a direct conflict of testimony between the tenant and the keeper, each strongly prepossessed in favour of his own view of the case, and tolerably confident in his own assertions. Sometimes, there is no doubt, the far= mer hardly gets fair play, and suffers serious losses in a bad year by damage which, even it be not dis puted, it is next to impossible to estimate seen rately. In the great game preserving districts the question is better understood, and 'therefore more easily arranged. But it is not so everywhere, and real hardships are often suffered upon a property where a change of system takes place, and a squire who cared for nothing but the hounds is sue. ceeded by a son who has a decided penchant for battues, or, still more so, by a man who has no taste for shooting himself, and lets his covers and stubble fields to some city magnate, whose object is to do the greatest possible amount of execution in the shortest time. As, however, between the preserver of game and the poacher the case stands very dif ferently. Of course we are all familiar with the interesting indivi dual, type of the latter indivi dual, as he appears in the pages of the cheap press, and even in the works of some authors who, like Mr Kingsley, ought to know bettor. But the real Simon Pure differs widely from his sentimental re production. Far from being a struggling labourer, eking out his eight shillings a week by 're among his own the capture of an omit: eional f3L tof ten, either the cabbages, he is, in nine L'aseunls on v or' a well - paid ptofessional bandit of his cle- 1. Of the former operative from a neighbouring .tow , Unwilling to class there is really little to be sail, they belong work, but not ashamed to beg or steal, They have to a clan which is always in trouble. - roost Just as great a penchant for the farmer's L -isants, as they have for the squire's hares and phe , , with and will take whichever are to be obtained least trouble and least risk to i Lemselves. Th. are men almost invariably well keown, both to 0) 4 . local police and to the officers of the county g a?Lim which they spend a considerable part of their lei su re time. Now and then they plan a regular exped itio y with a few others of the same kidney. But is general they are not gregarious in their habits , amd prefer poaching when they can, alone and upon the sly, to coming across men by every one of wh om they are well known, and, if not captured on the spot, are certain to be marked down within the nest twenty-four hours. They aro a class with whom, troublesome and in some respects even dangerous as they are, the law is quite competent to deal, an d with whom poaching is merely an alternative for, some other unlawful pursuit in which they wel d be otherwise engaged. The real disturbers of the public peace are the organised gangs which exist is all great towns for the especial purpose of Ole: dering the neighbouring covers, and which do n ot necessarily draw all their recruits from those wh o are known to the police under the general non3ea• clature of the " dangerous classes." These there is no question, would, many of them, shrink from the idea of theft or of highway robbery, be t have no scruples on the score of a moonlight exP" dition for sweeping the covers of any large pre' prietor, or even of grossly maltreating those whos e duty it is to protect their masters' property Their assailants are not unfrequently men in th e receipt of excellent wages, who go out in most stances for a lark, and, perhaps, occasionally 0, gratify some personal spite against an individ ual game preserver or gamekeeper. The ruffians who are now in custody for well-nigh beating to death two of Lord Derby's keepers were miners from St. Helen's, who, after having spent a if wet night" at the public-house, sallied forth to plunder and to maltreat any one who opposed theta. In many instances their cupidity is stimulated by promise on the part of some notorious receiver of stolen goods to dispose of their ill-gotten booty at a good price. In such cases the expedition is con' ducted on a more business-like footing, Scouts are previously told off. It is arranged beforehand Who are to fight and who to run, while a light cart , well horsed and judiciously posted, is in readiness to receive and carry off the spoil. The gang them' selves are under some sort of rude discipline, are infinitely better armed than the keepers, ar e troubled with no scruples about using their guns at a pinch, and, having come from a distant localitp are, with few exceptions, not easily recognised, if not taken in flagrante delicto. Such expeditions as these are, accordingly, entirely removed from the conditions which can entitle those who take part in them to take shelter under the plea of extenuat ing circumstances. They are simply freebootipg raids, carried on in defiance of the law, and Wlt ti the premeditated intent of resisting to the utter most if any opposition is offered. So general is th is evil, and so serious are the effects of it, that it 10 becnming quite worth while to consider whether the old English legal doctrines with regard toier cc naturcc be not susceptible of important modifies' tions, and whether game should not be at once made property, and the theft of it treated like any other theft. This, and such a trespass act as it would be necessary to pass were the present game lay! 15 abolished, for the protection of property, would, in all probability, be found even a more efficient chew' upon the proceedings of the evil disposed than we at present possess. Considering that, upon a roue estimate, every pheasant which is killed costs its owner at least 10s. per head, and often a much larger sum, while they are in many cases literally as tame as chickens, there can be no great hardship in securing the property in them to those at wilel expense they have been reared. With groun d game the case is rather more difficult. But eve!, hares and rabbits are not in the habit o f straying far from the covers in which they were bred, and are fed either at the expense .o their owner or of the cultivators of the adjoin' ing lands. The latter, accordingly, are the on other parties to be considered in the matter; an. the question is one which ceases to concern th at portion of the public to which they cannot by ap e possibility belong. It is high time that the evil question should be put upon a satisfactory footing: The idea that there is no particular crime in poac h ing already obtains too widely, and is u nbent: ol l fostered by many who ought to know better. IYe re the cegis of the law removed from game-preserving' as such, and the poacher treated as a simple two, or, if he injured his captors, as guilty of an aggr a .: vated assault, the temptation would be remo ve ' which romance and a love of adventure have throive around what, after all, is, like smuggling, only a nefarious trade. COUNTRY MARKETS. - MONMOUTH.—TUESDA.Y. The weather has been moderately favourable during l" last two or three days, and a weak of such weather will e,salli able the farmers to secure all the corn yet out. The markets have been fairly attended by both buyers 0 tbe r° sellers during the last six or seven days, although was not much business done, at about former quotation • The average quotations are as follows : 3 s ioa Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to n a Ditto red.....0s Od to Os Od Oats ..... 2s 4d to 33 " MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. About the usual quantity of wheat, which met with t slow inquiry at prices similar to last week. Barley a ril freely to hand, but not much in request. Oats as of la te ! —White wheat, 44s to 488; red, 39s to 4s per 36 st oll :: .3' Dialling. barley at 31s to 34s per qr.; grinding, 26s to per 30 at, Oats, old, 2os to 275; new, 20.8 to 25s per ov st. ; beans, 36s to 428 per qr. LYNN—TUESDAY. At to•day's market the supply of wheat was stoall e l? with a good attendance of growers. The t, Ads was "; and samples is per qr cheaper. Barley met et slow Gala and both grinding and malting 6d to is lower. Beans an oats is cheaper. White wheat 44s to 46s I Barley Red.. Beans .4os to 42s I Oats .22s to 2 _ Old 368 to 37s I Peas — 8 to - - ' s Averages 'Wheats, 40s 7d—barley, 31s 11d—P01152 40s Od. At our market to-day HULL there was a TUESDAY short supply of lish wheat, and a fair business was done, at a slight,. 10 cline on the quotations of last week. Foreign whea t per qr less money, and trade inactive. Barley, griudil3o Is cheaper. Oats, new sorts, in better supply, and about cheaper. Beans and peas sold steadily at barely prevlow' rates. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE--TUESDAY. sg At our corn market to-day the supply of wheat a t , moderate, and sold at no advance on former rates. n o ley and oats were a slow sale at a slight decline. There V 1 little doing in beans, peas, or malt. CAPTURE OF AN EAGLE AT SEA.—A few 05 ? ago an eagle alighted on the mast of a 'fishing bo ats about 15 miles at sea, off Filey. A boy named SVl leg climbed up the mast, but when near the bird it flew as/ 31 . t ; but no sooner did the boy commence descending th au , again alighted. The boy climbed up again, and caught tC by the leg. The eagle resisted, and so squeezed the boy hand with its free claw as to make it bleed freely. Scal e !: however, managed to hold on INN: his legs, while 11 " stretched up his free arm and caught the bird by the ne ol4 and atter some resistance killed it, and came down N t he dock with his prize. He subsequently sold the eaglo,',Wil ie r was very thin in flesh, but fine in plumage, to a bi rd stuffer. It was about two feet long, and a little more 00 two feet from tip to tip of the wing. Births. GLYN.—On the 24th inst., at 51, Berkelepsquare, g ill Henry Wynn, of a son, HART.—On the 27th inst., at Wanstead, the wife of Lemon Hart, Esq., of a aon. I. STRONG.— On the 27th inst., at Woking, the wife of -a Strong, of twin sons. nest WEsToN.-L•On the 23d inst., at Annanhill House, - 0, Kilmarnock, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Gould W e 6 of a son. Marriages. PAKENTIAM.—On the 15th inst., at St. George's, 11 011 4 00 ,- square, Captain Hamilton Pakenham, late 2d Life 1 - 0 0 , to Gwerydd Frances, eldest daughter of Colonel the "-- R. Rowley, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Rowley. o r f BENWELL—TOTTENHAIL , —On the 22d inst ., at St. it'irottl , Cheltenham, Frederick Willi am Benwell , W' Regt., to Marian Frances, daughter of Cornwalli o - tenham, Esq., of Cheltenham, Deaths. Buowx.-On the 2Gth i n ,at Lonformaeus, David " law Brown, Esq., of Longformacue, Berwickshi re ' 11- Glugor, Penang, East Indies. Ott BULLEI. -On the 25th inst., at Holly Mount, Lyn. -- r John Blagrove Bulley, Esq., aged 59. SIC EDMONSTONE.- On the 24th inst., at Effingham George Frederick Edmonstone, K.C,8., aged 51. iti o FENNING.-On the 27th inst., at Epsom, Mr. Euben Fenning, of 6, Poultry. stela / HoLDswoRTH.-Ou the 27th inst., at Maisonnette,...; yi d Gabriel, Devonshire, Maria, ow of the late 1-18`. Holdsworth, Esq., of Dartmouth, aged 95. oadt W ADDINGTON. — On the 28th inst., at 290, Esse-Ircett Islington, Jamos Waddington, Esq., of Culem an-e city, aged 62. London : Printed and Pvbilshed by WILLIAIII ANDA of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TII SuN Office Strand, in the Precinct of the 'Savoy, in the Counts 311ddleseA,--Thurenhy, September 29, 1804.